Crisis In Crimea: A Guide To Major Players

by Wochit
1:00 mins

Crisis In Crimea: A Guide To Major Players

by Wochit
1:00 mins

The crisis in Ukraine, which began as a dispute over whether the country should accept financial help from Europe or Russia, spiraled into the ouster of a president and then the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. Russia insists it’s only protecting Russian speakers in Ukraine. The United States has demanded a pullback and imposed sanctions. And diplomats have met repeatedly to talk it out. But the Crimean regional government deepened the drama this week by ordering a vote on whether the peninsula should stay part of Ukraine or become part of Russia.